Abstinence is the practice of keeping away from or avoiding something you enjoy—such as the physical pleasures of excessive food and drink—usually for health or religious reasons.

When you are acquisitive, you are driven to pursue and own wealth and possessions—often in a greedy fashion.

Something austere is simple and plain in its style; an austere person is strict and severe with themselves.

If you covet something that someone else has, you have a strong desire to have it for yourself.

Desiderata are a wish list of things that are considered highly desirable or necessary to have.

Someone who is epicurean derives great pleasure in material and sensual things, especially good food and drink.

An exorbitant price or fee is much higher than what it should be or what is considered reasonable.

An action that is flagrant shows that someone does not care if they obviously break the rules or highly offend people.

Someone who is frugal spends very little money—and even then only on things that are absolutely necessary.

Someone who is indulgent tends to let other people have what they want; someone can be kind to excess when being indulgent.

If something is inordinate, it is much larger in amount or degree than is normally expected.

If someone has an insatiable desire for something, they always want more of it and never feel as though they have enough.

When you behave with moderation, you live in a balanced and measured way; you do nothing to excess.

A monastic lifestyle is very simple—it is not given to excess in any way; rather, it is a lifestyle of self-denial.

A parsimonious person is not willing to give or spend money.

Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money and/or time carelessly and wastefully with no concern for the future.

Someone who is profligate is lacking in restraint, which can manifest in carelessly and wastefully using resources, such as energy or money; this kind of person can also act in an immoral way.

If you describe a person’s behavior as rapacious, you disapprove of them because they always want more money, goods, or possessions than they really need.

If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry.

A spartan lifestyle is very simple and severe; it has no luxuries or comforts.

A teetotaler is one who does not drink alcohol.

If you show temperance, you limit yourself so that you don’t do too much of something; you act in a controlled and well-balanced way.

A feeling that is unbridled is enthusiastic and unlimited in its expression.

A voracious person has a strong desire to want a lot of something, especially food.